As can be seen in another thread I have recently purchased an M91/30 Mosin-Nagant and Ruger 10/22. I'd like to take the latter to the range in a week or two, and am curious as to how it must be properly transported -- do I have to keep it in a locked case, or is simply unloaded and in the trunk sufficient? What about ammo? Can that be kept in the passenger compartment, or does it have to be under lock and key, and in the trunk as well?

Your input and knowledge greatly appreciated.

Ohio prohibits any person from knowingly transporting or having a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle where the firearm is accessible to the operator or any passenger without leaving the vehicle. Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2923.16(B). Furthermore, the state prohibits any person from knowingly transporting or having a firearm in a motor vehicle, unless it is unloaded and is carried in:

A closed package, box, or case;

A compartment that can be reached only by leaving the vehicle;

Plain sight and secured in a rack or holder made for securing a firearm;

Plain sight, with the action open or the weapon stripped or, if the firearm is of a type on which the action will not stay open or which cannot easily be stripped, in plain sight.

Section 2923.16(C).

In addition, no person shall knowingly transport or have a loaded firearm in a vessel (defined to include every description of watercraft, "including nondisplacement craft and seaplanes, designed to be used as a means of transportation on water," per section 1547.01(B)(1)) in a manner that the firearm is accessible to the operator or any passenger. Section 1547.69(C). No person shall knowingly transport or have a firearm in a vessel unless it is unloaded and is carried in:

A closed package, box, or case; or

Plain sight, with the action opened or the weapon stripped or, if the firearm is of a type on which the action will not stay open or that cannot easily be stripped, in plain sight.

Section 1547.69(D).

The vessel prohibitions do not apply to a person who possesses a valid license to carry a concealed handgun. Section 1547.69(H).

Thank you.

/thread.

You're welcome. I highly recommend locking firearms unloaded in the trunk, though.

When I transport firearms from place to place I have the actual firearm in combination locked cases, in the boot (trunk) of the car, and the bolts in the locked glove box. Ammo is generally at my passengers feet, as when i go shooting I take more than can be fit in the glove box.

Is carrying unloaded in a backpack on you considered concealed carry? OP's screen name made me think of the question.

If it's on your person.

Wow- hearing about other state's transportation laws makes me grateful I live where I do.
Not that it's a major issue of contention, but having a loaded weapon is handy in my neck of the woods.

By the way, welcome to the wonderful world of shooting, bckpcker.

Thanks.

Previous to the past few weeks I'd only shot a 410 ga. shotgun and .22 bolt-action rifle, then a friend rings me up announcing that he has a .40 cal PPS and we should go to the range. Now here I sit the owner of two beautiful firearms!

What if you want it to still be there by the time you get back if you ever have to leave your car?